Is the rosin solder that comes with this of any use? I just need to solder two wires on my motorcycle.
17510
Well I do not know about motorcycles, but they soldered well for the wires on a Xbox 360 disk drive and had no problems with short circuiting at all. I think for it did a good job with small electronical parts. Hope that's help
17511
Yeah its pretty standard rosin core solder. Its useful for what you need. It should get the job done.
17512
its not terrible. i used it for wire connections for my sound system in my car
1423778
Sorry I can't confirm either way. The solder comes exactly as pictured, coiled like a spring, no identifying marks on the solder or on the box. I actually had my own lead free so just used that.
1166451
I would have my doubts. It didn't work well with heat applications for me. When it gets too hot it seems to get soft. It may depend on how hot it gets . . . not sure. I would probably try solder for that. (?) Dale
257683
I wouldn't...too much heat needed to make the solder flow,your flux will burn before the solder flows and youll melt surrounding material and the solder will just run off.
1743629
You'll have to add your own. I soldered a diode inline with one of the output wires.
1588983
Connectors are a hit our miss, so soldering is the way to go. Cut the strips the size you want then scratch a small area with a razor knife down to the copper base then put a dab of flux on that area and add a dab of solder with a hot soldering iron. This is called tinning. Do the same to the wire that you are using then take the iron without adding more solder and touch both together. Here's a picture http://www.irv2.com/attachments/photopost/data/500/HPIM0973.JPG
1093266
Does not need to be soldered. Can use wire nuts. There should only be two wires that attach to each wire on the switch. There may also be a ground wire
884306
This is an Electronics Soldering Iron, and is not for the use that you want. I would suggest a very strong Epoxy.
169741
I don't quite understand what you are asking. This is a paste that works the same as regular solder only at a lot lower temperature which makes it real nice on delicate electronics where it is not feasible to use a heat sink. I hope this helps you.
2060697
To answer your question directly, it is not madatory but it does help. Tinning the tip(s) only takes a small amount of solder and helps the solder heat and flow easier. Just allow the iron to get hot, apply a bit of solder and then wipe clean. Use a rosin core solder with a thickness appropriate for the job. On circuit boards use a thin diameter (.093 or smaller) and then larger as the wire diameter increases. Hope this helps, I was a NASA certified solderer 40+ years ago when I worked in the R&D Lab on the Apollo program.
1060224
You can, but I wouldn't use solder. They make connection clips so you don't have to solder at all. The reason is because it has 4 very small contacts that need to be separate or it won't work
147732
Well.....if you read my review you might want to take extra care when wiring it and make sure you have the the proper inline fuse......Also make sure that you use a real weather sealant on any connection that is exposed ( which are a few ). I also coated my wires with the same sealant. Just to top it off I also put the wires in a flexible split tubing to keep heat, moisture etc....out. I have a Harley that vibrates like a Chinese massage table. So far no problems, but you never know. As far as it coming loose I used loctite.
1373000
I cut the wires and soldered leads to connect straight to my battery lines on my Motorhome since I too did not have a lighter outlet outside on the roof where I mounted it. Just make sure you put positive with positive and neg with neg. it works just fine on mine.
349519
Any fine diameter silver solder will work fine. Rule of thumb is to always use solder with a smaller diameter than the wire you're trying to solder, I always try to use 0.032 for just about anything.
1228454
I've never tried, but probably not. For a dual-purpose gun that is used for electrical work as well as structural soldering, that would not be a particularly strong selling point. You are probably looking for welding or brazing tools, not soldering guns, if you want to actually melt wiring.
1253982
I'd rather them NOT be RoHS compliant. The components would be more reliable, robust, and less likely to cause problems. RoHS compliant solder takes more heat to liquify during assembly and is known to cause "tin whiskers" after a few years, meaning it no worky anymore...
1763931
It looks like one but it's not. It's a clone. If you savvy with solder and not afraid to disassemble it then you should do it, clean it up, check hit conducting compound and reapply if necessary, re-solder whatever is bad soldered, then it's going to work OK. If you don't do it then it's 50/50.